Media Advisory - NRC experts in full force at the Association francophone pour le savoir Congress

OTTAWA, May 24, 2019 /CNW/ - The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is participating in the 87^th edition of L'Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) Congress, the largest francophone gathering of science and knowledge experts. With the help of various partners, over 30 NRC researchers and presenters are co-organizing 8 symposiums covering a wide range of topics: nanomaterials, connected health, advanced machine vision, pharmaceutical chemistry, the International System of Units, telecommunications networks, transport and the road to sustainable mobility, as well as diversity as a driving force. 

Dates:	Monday, May 27 to Friday, May 31, 2019
Times:	See schedule below
Locations:	Alexandre-Taché Pavillion, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) 283 Alexandre-Taché Blvd. Gatineau, Quebec
	Gabrielle-Roy Campus, Cégep de l'Outaouais 333 Cité-des-Jeunes Blvd. Gatineau, Quebec

Time and Location	Symposium	NRC experts
Monday May 27
8:30 am to 5:00 pm Room C0422 Alexandre-Taché Pavillion UQO	Symposium 204 — Nanomaterials: Today's Advances for Tomorrow's Applications	Benoit Simard Chantal Paquet Security and Disruptive Technologies Research Centre
8:45 am to 4:30 pm Room C0426 Alexandre-Taché Pavillion UQO	Symposium 207 — Virtual Presence and Mobile Technologies for Connected Health	Di Jiang David Rivest-Hénault Francis Thibault Medical Devices Research Centre
9:00 am to 4:30 pm Room C0424 Alexandre-Taché Pavillion UQO	Symposium 210 - Advanced Machine Vision in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution	Marc-Antoine Drouin Jonathan Boisvert Lama Seoud Digital Technologies Research Centre
Wednesday May 29
12:00 pm to 4:45 pm Room A0111 Alexandre-Taché Pavillion UQO	Symposium 217 — The Future of Pharmaceutical Chemistry	Janelle Sauvageau Michel Gilbert Umberto Banderali Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre
11:30 am to 5:00 pm Court F and Room C0424 Alexandre-Taché Pavillion UQO	Symposium 5 — Redefining the International System of Units and Related Issues	Ghislain Granger Isabelle Amen Metrology Research Centre
Thursday May 30
8:30 am to 5:30 pm Room 2.703 Gabrielle-Roy Campus Cégep de l'Outaouais	Symposium 203 — The Future of Telecommunications Networks in Canada	Sylvain Raymond Thomas Ducellier Boris Lamontagne Advanced Electronics and Photonics Research Centre
9:15 am to 5:15 pm Room 2.033 Gabrielle-Roy Campus Cégep de l'Outaouais	Symposium 215 — Transportation: The Road to Sustainable Mobility	Éric Baril Automotive and Surface Transportation Research Centre
Friday May 31
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Room C0420 Alexandre-Taché Pavillion UQO	Panel 4 – The Power of Diversity	Jennifer Decker Digital Technologies Research Centre

The entire Congress will be held in French. For more information on the symposiums, visit www.acfas.ca (information available in French only). For information in English on the symposiums or to schedule an interview with the NRC's experts, please contact NRC Media Relations.

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